Tag: media mom
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Meal Planning for Kids: LaLa Lunchbox to the Rescue
Okay parents let me know if you can relate. Here are 3 things that really annoy me: Annoyance #1: Packing kids’ lunches This is so frustrating. I try to be all super mom and buy healthy, yummy foods and customize each child’s lunchbox to their liking and then when they come home I find that…
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Photo Collages on Removable Wallpaper: A Tool for Happiness
Photo collages on removable wallpaper can be a great tool to bring happiness. Finding health and happiness is simple, but it is not easy. One of the biggest things I stress with my clients is that the road can be much smoother if you make your scenery nicer. If you surround yourself with what…
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Manage Kids’ Technology and Media Time With Wellness Incentives
It is getting colder outside, which means my kids are grabbing for their electronics more. While I love technology, I hate it when my kids become techno-zombies. You know that glazed-over, zoned out look they get when they are glued to the TV? They get all bug-eyed and develop selective hearing, it drives me crazy.…
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Halloween Safety Tips: GPS Tools for Tracking Your Children
We’re talking Halloween safety tips along with other free online games for kids on “Media Mom” on Local Five Live, a CBS affiliate. I was on the fence about featuring these tracking apps today. At what point are we being too paranoid as parents? When I was a kid, I remember trick-or-treating until all hours…
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Great Apps for Halloween Fun
I am not a big fan of Halloween but I will admit…I am having a ton of fun with some of the sites and apps I found. If you watch this segment, you will see me cover them all. It was a pretty entertaining one! If you just want to read about my top picks…
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Thanks Ellen DeGeneres, Best 99 cents I have Spent
There is a question I dread hearing from my kids…”Mom, can I get another game on my iPod?” For some reason, it is like nails on a chalkboard. I mean come on, my kids both have a million and one games on those things already, why do they need more!? Well, last week I caved…
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Creating, Connecting, and Educating All in One App
Okay so I totally suck at math. If it has to do with numbers, chances are it will go over my head. My brain hates numbers. It loves pictures, colors, video, and all things bright and shiny and interactive! I absolutely dread helping my son with math homework. Nothing makes me feel more inept. I…
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Creating Connection with Technology – Family Matters App
The other day I asked my son what he learned in school and without looking up from his ipod he replied, “Nothing”. I thought, “Okay, you are 8 years old. The “nothing” answers are not supposed to come until you are a teenager! My husband and I have also made the mistake of allowing our…